The 2012–13 season was Aberdeen's 100th season in the top flight of Scottish football. Aberdeen competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. They finished 8th in the Premier League, reached the fourth round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup. A number of players all departed during the summer's pre-season. Kari Arnason, Rory McArdle, Youl Mawene and Mohamed Chalali all moved on to new clubs as free agents. Darren Mackie, Yoann Folly and Danny Uchechi were also released by the club. Aberdeen also sold youngster Fraser Fyvie to Premier League side Wigan Athletic for a fee in the region of £500,000.
Manager Craig Brown made four additions, bringing in wingers Jonny Hayes and Niall McGinn from rival SPL clubs, as well as adding experienced left-back Gary Naysmith to his squad. Mark Reynolds who returned to his parent club Sheffield Wednesday at the end of last season, was allowed to return to Pittodrie on a season long loan.
Craig Brown retired as manager in 2013, with Derek McInnes taking over for the final five games of the season.
Results and fixtures
Friendly matches
Scottish Premier League
Scottish League Cup
Aberdeen entered the Scottish League Cup in the second round stage, having not qualified for Europe in 2011–12. The draw for the second round took place at Hampden on 9 August and handed the Dons' an away tie against First Division side Greenock Morton
Scottish Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
As of 18 May 2013
Disciplinary record
No.Nat.Pos.NameSPLScottish CupLeague CupTotal4DFRussell Anderson510000312DFRyan Jack200000209FWScott Vernon400000406DFAndrew Considine3000003016MFIsaac Osbourne3000003038FWCammy Smith000000005MFGavin Rae400010503DFClark Robertson3000104018MFStephen Hughes4000105021FWJosh Magennis500000508MFRobert Milsom300000307MFChris Clark2000002023DFJoe Shaughnessy401000501GKJamie Langfield0100000111MFJonny Hayes3000003022DFMark Reynolds3100003115MFPeter Pawlett2000002010FWNiall McGinn40000040
As of 18 May 2013
Goalscorers RankPlayerSPLSCLCTotal1. Niall McGinn 20 1 0 212. Josh Magennis 5 0 1 62. Scott Vernon 3 0 3 64. Jonny Hayes 4 0 0 44. Gavin Rae 3 0 1 46. Rory Fallon 1 1 0 27. Isaac Osbourne 1 0 0 17. Cammy Smith 1 0 0 17. Chris Clark 1 0 0 17. Mark Reynolds 1 0 0 17. Joe Shaughnessy 0 1 0 1
As of 18 May 2013
Clean Sheets {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=60|Place !width=60|Position !width=60|Nationality !width=60|Number !width=150|Name !width=80|SPL !width=80|Scottish Cup !width=80|League Cup !width=80|Total |- |1 |GK | |1 |Jamie Langfield |14 |0 |2 |16 |- |2 |GK | |32 |Jason Brown |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |colspan="4"| |TOTALS |7 |0 |2 |9
Home attendances
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- !width=100 | Comp !width=120 | Date !width=60 | Score !width=250 class="unsortable" | Opponent !width=150 | Attendance |- |SPL||11 August 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||Ross County ||14,010 |- |SPL||26 August 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||Hearts ||11,971 |- |SPL||1 September 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||St Mirren ||9,288 |- |SPL||23 September 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|3–3 ||Motherwell ||8,577 |- |SPL||29 September 2012 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–1 ||Hibernian ||8,282 |- |SPL|| 27 October 2012 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–0 ||Dundee ||10,425 |- |Scottish League Cup|| 30 October 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|2–2 (2–4 pens) ||St Mirren ||7,610 |- |SPL|| 17 November 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|0–2 ||Celtic ||18,083 |- |SPL|| 27 November 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|2–3 ||Inverness Caledonian Thistle ||9,193 |- |Scottish Cup|| 1 December 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|1–1 ||Motherwell ||6,061 |- |SPL|| 15 December 2012 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|0–2 ||Kilmarnock ||8,790 |- |SPL|| 22 December 2012 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–0 ||St Johnstone ||7,051 |- |SPL|| 2 January 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|2–2 ||Dundee United ||13,176 |- |SPL|| 27 January 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||Hibernian ||7,184 |- |SPL|| 9 February 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||St Mirren ||7,240 |- |SPL|| 15 February 2013 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1–0 ||Dundee ||7,841 |- |SPL|| 26 February 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFCCCC"|0–1 ||Ross County ||6,394 |- |SPL|| 9 March 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|0–0 ||Motherwell ||8,210 |- |SPL|| 30 March 2013 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|2–0 ||Hearts ||10,175 |- |SPL|| 27 April 2013 ||bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|1–0 ||Kilmarnock ||6,334 |- |SPL|| 18 May 2013 ||bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|1–1 ||Hearts ||10,465 |- |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Total attendance |196,360 |- |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Total league attendance |182,689 |- |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Average attendance |9,350 |- |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| |bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| | Average league attendance |9,615
Competition statistics
Overall
Scottish Premier League
League table
Results summary As of 18 May 2013
Results by round
Results by opponent
Last updated on 18 May 2013
TeamResultsAberdeen's score is shown first.Points1234Celtic 0–1 0–2 3–4 0Dundee 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 10Dundee United 1–1 2–2 0–1 2Heart of Midlothian 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 5Hibernian 2–1 1–0 0–00–0 8Inverness Caledonian Thistle1–1 2–3 0–3 1Kilmarnock 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 7Motherwell 3–3 1–4 0–0 2Ross County 0–0 1–2 0–1 1St Johnstone 2–1 2–0 1–3 6St Mirren 0–0 4–1 0–00–0 6
Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League article
Transfers
Players in DatesPlayerFromFeeSource26 June 2012 Jonny Hayes Inverness Caledonian ThistleFree4 July 2012 Niall McGinn CelticFree1 August 2012 Gary Naysmith Huddersfield TownFree9 August 2012 Mark Reynolds Sheffield WednesdayLoan31 January 2013 Mark Reynolds Sheffield Wednesday Free31 January 2013 Dan Twardzik Calcio Como Free
Players out DatesPlayerToFeeSource1 July 2012 Mark Reynolds Sheffield WednesdayLoan return1 July 2012 Rory McArdle Bradford CityFree1 July 2012 Kári Árnason Rotherham UnitedFree1 July 2012 Matthew Cooper Inverness Caledonian ThistleFree1 July 2012 Dean Carse Berwick Rangers Free16 July 2012 Fraser Fyvie Wigan AthleticUndisclosed23 July 2012 Michael Dunlop Forfar AthleticFree27 July 2012 Youl Mawéné Fleetwood TownFree10 August 2012 Mohamed Chalali ES SétifFree23 August 2012 Peter Pawlett St JohnstoneLoan1 July 2012 Darren Mackie PhoenixFree1 July 2012 Yoann FollyRetired1 July 2012 Danny Uchechi Väsby UnitedFree31 August 2012 Michael PatonReleased3 October 2012 Mitchel Megginson Alloa Athletic Loan18 October 2012 Nicky Low Alloa Athletic Loan17 January 2013 Mitchel Megginson Alloa AthleticLoan23 January 2013 Jordon Brown Forfar AthleticLoan29 January 2013 Jason BrownFree
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